Shawn Sawyer - Out or In?

Heard rumours of Shawn Sawyer withdrawing from Worlds to do full SOI tour...assuming this means Kevin Reynolds gets this spot, but I can confirm neither. The other Canadian alternate listed in Liam Firus.

Skate Canada announced today that Sawyer has decided to skip Worlds and Reynolds will go in his stead. Additionally, Samson has withdrawn due to a knee injury and Amelie Lacoste has been named to the team.

I'm happy for both Shawn and Kevin. Shawn has a great future in show skating and it's right for him to focus on it now. Kevin just gets a redeeming opportunity for this season and I hope he returns to form and the rightful stage at his competitive career.

Skate Canada announced today that Sawyer has decided to skip Worlds and Reynolds will go in his stead. Additionally, Samson has withdrawn due to a knee injury and Amelie Lacoste has been named to the team.

LOL, it's funny how Canada deals with questions of who should be sent to the World. Last year, Vaughn Chipeur too had a last minute injury and needed to be replaced by Kevin Reynolds, who many thought should have been sent to the Olympics. So some people thought Skate Canada wacked Chipeur's knees. Fast forward a year later, Kevin still luckily gets the same bye again from a last minute withdraw. You have to wonder if Skate Canada encourage Sawyer to withdraw given his claim that they never supported his come back and in fact discouraged him to continue skating this past summer. Samson is a headcase at international competitions, her only good skate every year seems to be at Canadian Nationals while she pretty much bombed everywhere else, including failing to qualify for FS at the 2010 Worlds. Lacoste seems to the female version of Kevin Reynolds, but tends to skate poorly at Nationals. Maybe the USFS can suddenly find an excuse to whack someone's knees so Abbott could be sent to the Worlds instead.